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The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.

Antepenultimate.

1
On the antepenultimate day of June he first uneasily suspected that he had committed a fault of appraisement.
Clayhanger
2
At length the antepenultimate and drowsy hours drew on, and all sounds were denied entrance to our ears.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers